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Goku and Yujiro are the baddest mofos when it comes to a NON hax H2H fight (ignoring comics), just wanna share some of my thoughts.
First things first: How I treat such a thing - from best to worst.
1. statements + stats gap + visuals + physicals >
2. statements + visuals + stats gap >
3. statements + stats gap>
4. statements >
Side note: With visuals i mean some displayed skill feats like Goku countering Vegetas armbar with a counter roll, Judo throw against Broly, a grasp of what distance is and how to use it or Yujiro showing some grappling. I dont want perfect or many showings. For the first one, verses like kengan, fots, goh, naruto, baki etc. are easier to grasp and give the illusion of being more "skilled" since said martial arts look more spectacular and effective. But some verses like DB req good eyes which some of us learned the hard way in some hardcore-martial arts based russian servers. And solely sticking to that doesnt really tell the full story. Just some showings which supports said statements. Not too many and they dont have to be perfect.
The most important things in such a battle are the
character,
statements,
physicals and the
stats gap your fighter has been in. Im ignoring predicition feats since many of them - well at least for me - are in the same tier. What sepperates them is the context/circumstances and I hate to say it but Gokus killer feat makes everything unfair.
Character: Goku views fighting more like a sport and he treats like a friendly sparring match and wants to get the best out of his oponnents. Goku is pretty much the perfect sparring partner in real world terms and every single person wants a guy like Goku, haha.
Yujiro is much more the "John Wick" - type of fighter. You see Yujiro acing like Jiren but it has more to do with Yujiro knowing that hes the most powerful and skilled guy and he does know when to stop playing with the food.
Statements: Yujiro is such a monster. He has the statements and fully understand the mechanics of most/all (its the latter) techniques. Thats such an incredible rare combo, thats whay I got him @Gokus tier.
Goku: Some guys with the reading comprehension skills of Majin Buu think they are smart with using Grandpa Gohans wording as a counter argument. Lets keep it short: We do know that some martial arts in Dragonball have a higher belt system compared to the real world, which could mean just one thing: Traditional martial arts in Dragonball are much more cracked than in the real world. A black belt mundials grappling event is one of the best things in the real world, but in the world of Dragonball it would be a few levels below.
Even if you dont accept it for whatever reasons, Goku has reached Grandpa Gohans level 30 years ago and trains right now with literal gods. Achieved the "pinnacle of fighting" or better known as UI. And im even ignroing that "KI" is more prestigious and harder to learn which is 1 level above traditional martial arts.
So yeah, hes in the same ballpark as Yujiro when it comes to traditional martial arts.
Physicals: If we go just visual then Gokus size of biceps, waits, chest, thigh and big ass neck - puts him in the 200+ pounds range EASILY. But lets ignor visuals and stick to statements.
Physicals in a stats equal match are often "wanked" due them not knowing and fully understanding the science behind that and how humans body works. Or ignoring that your strenght, stamina etc are equal. It works for Yujiro since he got the statements which gives him a strong base and the character to fully abuse its advantages. The only way to be even with him is to match Yujiro in size, statements and character. The only way to BEAT him in brutal fashion is if you are smaller, got the statements and character.
Stats gap:
Outskilling more powerful guys is cool. But thats just one part of the coin. The other part is the powersystem and while Dragonballs system is super easy to grasp, its so unfair. Thats one of the thirst things ive learned when I was reading/watching Dragonball. Have any of you ever played "Diablo"? Diablos talent tree is massive! Now imagin duelling someone in Diablo who "maxd out" every little thing all the way up to the powerful things? Being more powerful means exactly that in Dragonball. 9/10 of verses arent like that - they are more "complex" and not as unfair as DB. In the context of DB, it means you are a straight up omnipotent being, lmao ... just some food for you.
Long story short, Goku already fought a bigger/ more powerful and imo just as talented version of Yujiro: Anime Broly. DBS Broly is Saitama/Garou but on crack. There are other feats in the manga/anime but this is hands down the best feat in the entire DB franchise. Oh and its an insane feat for Broly which debunks him being "just a meathead brawler" since he does share some aspects of a martial artist guy.
The fight:
Even in statements, both have supporting visuals, Yujiro got the advantage character-wise while Goku in stats gap. The keyword is "character". Gokus character is the main reason why its an even fight at the beginning and Yujiro winning some rounds here and there. Goku would enjoy it and start a small talk with him. Goku mid/high diffs him by the end but like I said, adult Goku views it more like a sport which could bring him in some stupid situations against Yujiro but he still got this 6/10.
Adult Goku with OG Gokus character? He works Yujiros body right from the start and destroys his gas tank in brutall fashion.
TL;DR Yujiro respects Gokus hands.